Treatment For Urinary Stone in Kochi

Urinary stone or kidney stones are formed when an excess content of minerals or salts are formed in kidney taking a crystalline form. Most of the stones pass out through the urine without causing any discomfort to the individuals being very small ones. But certain large stones can only pass out of your body creating a painful condition in the urinary tract. For the passage of most of such large stones from our body, doctors intervention is necessary.

This disorder is commonly seen in middle-aged or older adult males, but many physicians now report that more children with this condition are found in recent years.

What causes the occurrence of urinary stones?

Urinary stone are normally formed when your kidney or bladder gets saturated with minerals. These minerals are formed when the urine passage is improper. The reduced drinking of water may cause dehydration in you, leading to the deposits of mineral and thereby their crystallization. Some are affected by this urinary stone disorder if they already do suffer from urinary infections. The bacterias causing infections may also create the solidification of salts, leading to urinary stones.

If some have a family history of having urinary stones, he can also be at the risk of the same, as their bodily metabolism will be prone to the crystallization of minerals in the urine. This disorder can also occur from the food habits that one follow. Intake of food containing increased amount of calcium oxalate may increase the chances of getting urinary stones.

What are the symptoms of urinary stones?

The small sized stones which can easily move through the urinary tract will easily pass out your body without causing any discomfort. But there are some large stones which are difficult or unable to pass through the urinary tract. The occurrence of such urinary stones can severe symptoms in you like;

• Pain during urination
• Pain and discomfort in penis for males
• Pain in the lower stomach area
• Starting of urine stream takes longer time
• Cloudy appearance of urine
• Presence of blood in urine
• Frequent urge to urinate

How urinary stones can be treated?

Before treating the urinary stone problem, your doctor will subject you to some imaging techniques like; X-ray, CT scan etc. The urine test will also be conducted along with this. When once your doctor has confirmed the occurrence of urinary stones and its location in the body, he will turn to further treatment procedure. Different surgical procedures are adopted depending upon the position of the urinary stone. Surgical procedures like;

• ESWL (Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy) : ESWL uses shock waves to break the urinary stones making their easy passage through urine.
• PCNL (Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy) : PCNL includes a keyhole surgery with 1 cm incision to remove the kidney stone.
• RIRS (Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery) : RIRS is a surgical method for removing stone using an endoscope.
• Laparoscopic stone removal : Laparoscopy is used to remove large and complicated stones through small incision (keyhole) to perform internal surgery.

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Kidney Stone Treatment Kochi

Kidney stones are commonly found urinary diseases. Kidney stones are formed when urine contains excess amount of crystal-forming substances like calcium, oxalate, uric acid which is more than the fluid in your urine to dilute. And at the same time, it lacks the substance that used for preventing crystals from sticking together.

Causes of Kidney Stone:

• Dehydration-    Deficiency of water in body for carry out normal body functions. It may occur due to less water intake or excess sweat come out of body.
• Decrease in urine volume.
• Hereditary Factors
• High dose of Vitamin D intake

  Symptoms of Kidney Stone:

• Blood in urine
• Pain in ribs, side and back
• Lower Abdomen pain
• Red and pink color in urine.
• Cloudy Urine
• Tendency to urinate frequently
• If infection spreads, fever and chill may ocuur
• small or excess in the volume of urine.

Diagnosis of Kidney Stone: 

• Blood testing – to test amount of calcium deposit in urine.
• Urine testing – to examine substances that forming stones.
• Imaging – include CT scan and X-ray to find out stones in Urinary tract 
• Analysis of passed stones

Treatments of Kidney stone:

In normal Conditions, drinking 2 to 3 litres of water may cure your urinary problem. And in taking some prescribed medicines also effective for stones. But in major conditions, it needs further treatments based on  the locations the stones found.

Prevention of Kidney tone:

• Drink 2-3 litres of water and maintain urine output to 2 litres daily.
• Manage sugar and salt intake
• Practice Eating Vegetarian Foods
• Drinking Milk which is not more than two cups.
• Eat Bananas,Citrus fruits(lime, orange), Tender coconut water, pine apple, Carrots and bitter guard.

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Kidney Stone Prevention and Treatment

Kidney Stones are common, more than 5 % of adults are suffering from kidney stone problems. It is a condition which is very painful and it needs immediate medical attention. The need for medical attention is to get relief from pain and to avoid the further consequences of presence of obstruction and the kidney stone itself.

Some Common Symptoms of Kidney Stone

• pain that becomes very serious you can’t stand, sit or lie down comfortably
• presence of blood in urine
• having a hard time urinating

If you are facing any of these problem, that may be due to kidney stone. Then you should consult a expert urologist to get good treatment

Here are some tips to prevent the formation of kidney stone

• Drink 2-3 litres of water every day, This helps to maintain 2-2.5 litres of urine output a day
• Regular exercise
• Reduce sugar and salt intake
• Reduce intake of non vegetarian diet.
• Avoid intake of milk to not more than 2 cups in a day.
• Restrict soda and other aerated drinks.
• Intake of foods which helps to avoid stone formation. Bananas, Citrus fruits(lime, orange), Tender coconut water, pine apple, Carrots and bitter guard.

If you want to know more about kidney stone treatment you can consult with our urologist at Specialists Hospital Kochi

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